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> I've decided..., my next major 914 roadtrip.
Rusty
post Nov 2 2003, 09:15 AM
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I have a picture album of my 914, and when I cross a state line for the first time, I snap a picture at the sign that says "Welcome to Wherever". The only state that I think I'm going to have a problem with is Hawaii - since you can't exactly drive there.

However, next year is 2004, so I'm starting to plan my next major roadtrip for then. I was thinking about driving to Alaska and back.

Anyone actually made that trek through the bear and wolf infested wilderness?

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P.S. This post will probably make someone's head spin around... cause I think they might rather go to Vegas or New Orleans.
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post Nov 2 2003, 03:39 PM
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Errrr. It's only 140 miles from Seattle to Vancouver.

Mapquest....
4: Merge onto I-5 N via the ramp- on the left- toward VANCOUVER B.C.. 111.14 miles
5: I-5 N becomes PROVINCIAL ROUTE 99 N. 27.25 miles


I think it's the rest of the way you have to worry about. I don't know about ferrys - I have a friend who did the trip on a Kawasaki Ninja. He say's it was a nightmare because a sport bike isn't really build for the off-road stuff you have to do. I will ask him for more details.

Phillip Greenspun - who is better at atlking about himself than I am, has written an account of an immensely large roadtrip which includes the trip to Alaska - in "Travels with Samantha".

http://www.photo.net/samantha/samantha-VII is the pertainent chapter.

http://www.photo.net/samantha/index is the Travels with Samantha homepage.

http://www.photo.net/travel/long-drives would be his advice for roadtrips.

http://www.photo.net/travel/great-trips/index are a list of roadtrips that he has put together.

http://philip.greenspun.com/ is his homepage if you are interested in learning more about the guy after reading all that shit that he wrote.


I have found this stuff very interesting, and I think that I would not advise this particular trip in a 914 - although - power to you if you try it. 2 914s - that might be a different story.

l8r,

Fiid.
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Lawrence   I've decided...   Nov 2 2003, 09:15 AM
rhodyguy   save the alcan for the suv's and motor homes. ...   Nov 2 2003, 09:34 AM
Mark Henry   Ontario, Canada has more wilderness, lakes, fishin...   Nov 2 2003, 09:52 AM
Curvie Roadlover   Mark, I didn't realise Port Hope was so close ...   Nov 2 2003, 10:21 AM
Lawrence  
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redshift   Rusty, listen to me, the disease that makes you li...   Nov 2 2003, 11:59 AM
GWN7   Take the ferry as rhodyguy recomended. I had a bu...   Nov 2 2003, 12:15 PM
Mark Henry  
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Mark Henry   I think the ferry goes from Seattle to Vancouver B...   Nov 2 2003, 01:54 PM
fiid   Errrr. It's only 140 miles from Seattle to Va...   Nov 2 2003, 03:39 PM
Lawrence   OFFROAD? :unsure:   Nov 2 2003, 03:41 PM
Mark Henry   <...   Nov 2 2003, 04:01 PM
fiid   I'd do it in my Subaru in a heatbeat, but that...   Nov 2 2003, 04:20 PM
redshift   Welp, if you can find three OTHER IDIOTS. :lol: ...   Nov 2 2003, 04:27 PM
Pam   As the co-pilot for Lawrence's quest to get pi...   Nov 2 2003, 04:30 PM
SirAndy   <...   Nov 2 2003, 04:31 PM
kdfoust   I'm a gonzo trip kinda guy. I would never tak...   Nov 2 2003, 04:33 PM
redshift   I like that German "can do" attitude..... :trophy...   Nov 2 2003, 04:35 PM
SirAndy   <...   Nov 2 2003, 04:54 PM
redshift     Nov 2 2003, 05:23 PM
kwales   Rusty, I get up to Alaska about every other year t...   Nov 2 2003, 06:24 PM
GWN7   "Off Road" really isn't the correct phrase, it...   Nov 2 2003, 07:50 PM
rhodyguy   lawrence, not to mention that the al-can is repair...   Nov 2 2003, 08:11 PM
GWN7   I forgot to mention, that when your out in the mid...   Nov 2 2003, 08:27 PM
Malmz   Rusty, You've only been in So. Cal a day, if ...   Nov 2 2003, 08:30 PM
SirAndy  
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davep   Lawrence, It's been done. A rally bloke in a ...   Nov 3 2003, 01:40 PM
rhodyguy   how many support vehicles? how many extra tires ca...   Nov 3 2003, 02:28 PM
Lawrence   I remember the Pano article. The guy broke a susp...   Nov 3 2003, 02:55 PM
bernbomb914   I did that trip in 1990 in my motorhome. I droveu...   Nov 4 2003, 02:26 AM
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